Dell PowerVault MD1000, Hardware Owner'S Manual

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About Your System
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About Your System
The enclosure provides a 3-U rack-mounted external storage chassis capable of accommodating up
to 15 3.0-Gbps, Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) drives or 3.0-Gbps Serial ATA (SATA) drives. The
enclosure can be daisy-chained with up to two additional enclosures to provide up to 45 drives per
host connection. Host-based RAID configuration is supported via a Dell
™ PowerEdge ™ Expandable
RAID Controller (PERC) 5/E.
Other Information You May Need
CAUTION:
The Product Information Guide provides important safety and regulatory information. Warranty
information may be included within this document or as a separate document.
• The Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solution
describes how to install your enclosure into a rack.
• The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of enclosure features, setting up your enclosure ,
and technical specifications.
• The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator documentation provides information on managing
your storage solution using the Storage Management Service within Server Administrator.
NOTE:
Online configuration, enclosure status, and active event notification require Server
Administrator version 4.5.1 or later.
• CDs included with your enclosure provide documentation and tools for configuring and
managing your enclosure .
• Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configure
and install these options.
• RAID controller documentation.
• Updates are sometimes included with the enclosure to describe changes to the enclosure ,
software, and/or documentation.
NOTE:
Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often
supersede information in other documents.
• Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the enclosure or
documentation, or provide advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users.